A bit of a rush to catch the plane. It turns out our bikes are heavier than I thought. Rowan’s bike is right on 22.5kg in the bike box. We got my bike and ended up loading it up to 31.5kg. This incurred an extra $20 cost but it was worth it. Our raincoat pockets loaded up with heavy items. Luckily Air NZ doesn’t way its passengers. I kept worrying I put the wrong items checked in. I really didn’t want to lose any more electronics like last time. It all worked out well but the flight was a little delayed. The lovely Liz took us to the airport, we are really lucky to have such nice friends. We must have been fairly good house guests, we got an invitation to come again.

My mum flew in an hour before us from Queenstown and picked us up. The bikes fitted easily on her roof racks. I should have taken a photo of them on Liz’s roof, the little Honda Jazz looked funny. The traffic was pretty bad and we got to Whangaparāoa at 5.30pm. It is great to see my Nana & Grandpa. They are my number one fan on the blog.

The weather up here is pretty crap. I mean the rain hasn’t really stopped much since January. Everything looks very lush and green. Nana got a new vegepod for mothers day. We had instructions on how to set it all up. It is a pretty neat set up and it means we dont need to worry about Nana trying to bend down or walk on uneven ground to do her vegies. There was a few more jobs to do around the house which we got done pretty fast. My Aunty Tissy came over for dinner. It was good to catch up her.

My lovely mum gave me a much needed hair cut. I haven’t cut it since December, it was well overdue. We spent the whole morning on Saturday out doing jobs and a bit of shopping. I found some art for my niece’s bedroom. It will be her first birthday soon. I had a chance to catch up with my sister Clare, it was just the two of us which was quite nice. Rowan cooked a curry for dinner. On Sunday and Monday we just potted around. Getting the bikes and our gear all ready. Rowan got out and scrubbed the fence. It ended up raining while he finished the job. Feeling ready to go, just hoping for some good weather for the next few weeks.